Laminated article



Oct. 24, 1933. w DAMSEL AL 1,931,922

LAMINATED ARTICLE Filed July 2, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l 3 William B. Damsel William C. Damsel,

1933- w. B. DAMSEL ET AL 1,931,922

LAMINATED ARTICLE Filed July 2, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 William C Damsel,

Patented Oct. 24, 1933 I v 1,931,922

LAMINATED ARTICLE William B. Damsel and William C. Damsel, New York, N. Y.

Application. July 2, 1930. Serial No. 465,434

Claims. (01. 154-455) This invention relates to improvements in In the drawings, laminated gaskets or the like. Fig. 1 is a radial sectional view of a portion of It is well known that rubber and rubber comone form of packing ring having an internal positions are deleteriously affected by certain subgroove and diverging annular surfaces coated 5 stances, and consequently, when such materials with a protecting agent of the type heretofore 50 are used in packing rings and the like, they frementioned. quently deteriorate to the point where they are Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modification of such no longer useful to serve the, purpose for which a ring, in which the coating material completely they were intended. For example, it has been encloses the rubber or rubber composition core recognized that rubber or rubber composition of the ring.

packing rings used with oil or gas pipe lines are Figs. 3 to 5 inclusive are like views of other aiiected by such fluids to such an extent as to types of rings lined with the protecting material. cause leaky joints which necessitates replace- Fig. 6 is a radial sectional view-of a portion of ment of the rings. a ring similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but

16 Various efforts have been made in the past to in which the resilient ring is protected only along 70 overcome such disadvantages, principally by the internal annular groove thereof. making the packing material of some special Fig. 7 is a plan view partly in section, of a recomposition. silient washer entirely enclosed in a protecting We have discovered that the problem can be agent of the non-porous nd non-corrosive charsolved while still retaining the use of the rubber acter mentioned above. 75. or rubbe composition peeking al, if the Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the washer on the latter is protected at all surfaces which are lialine 8-8 of Fig. 7. ble to come into contact with the fluid transport- Fig 9 is an elevation partly invvemcal d r nv y d. F r i stan w mpl y a pr tion of a tank lined with rubber or the like, and

tecting material which lacks porosity or much having its lining protected by a non-porous and s0 elasticity, as a surfacing substance on a material non-corrosive substance, having the elasticity and tensile strength of rub- Fig. 10 is a transverse sectional view of such ber or rubber compositions. tank, on the line 1010 of Fig. 9.

From the above it will be understood that the In the embodiment of the invention illustrated p y Object of the present invention is to p in Fig. 1, 11 designates a rubber or rubber com- 5 vide a packing gasket or the like, formed of rubposition packing gasket of the" type disclosed in ber, rubber composition, or the equivalent therethe patent to Tribe No, 1,541,601. such a ring f, wi h a protecting surface which is n-p r u has an internal annular groove 12 formed by the and non-corrosive. One such protecting matecollar 13 and its inwardly projecting flanges 14,

rial is known as Thiokol. It is a plastic having the latter terminating in flaring annular surfaces 90 mechanical properties generally resembling those 15 to provide sealing lips 16. When a ring of this of soft vulcanized rubber,, containing between type is used in a pipe coupling, the ends of adabout 74% and 84% of combined sulfur, the rejaeent pipes are inserted into the packing ring maind being y Carbon and y ge and cause the surfaces 15 to move into align- Such aplastic is practically oil proof and resistant ment with the axes of the pipes, and to snugly 5 to attack or corrosion by oils and gases. Natue gage the peripheries of the pipes. The ends of rally, th substances may be u d for protecting the pipes arespaced slightly apart so that the fluid pu p s, su as asbestos, fa ri s, m tals and conducted through the i e line will enter the conde sa products, Providing Such. materials groove 12, and if such fluid is under pressure, such are non-porous and non-corrosive, and have sufpressure will press the lips 16 against the pipes.

flcient elasticity so as not to interfere with the It has been found in practice that some fluids proper functioning of the rubber or rubber comconveyed through such a pipe line, attack the position backing. gaskets, and to overcome this difficulty, we line With the foregoing objects outlined and with such a ring with .a coating 17 of some suitable 50 other objects in view which will appear as the deprotecting material which will prevent the conscription proceeds, the invention consists in the ducted fluid from reaching the ring 11, which will novel features hereinafter described in detail, ilnot corrode, and which has suflicient elasticity so lustrated in the accompanying drawings, and as not to'interfere with the resiliency of the ring more particularly pointed out in the appended 11. As before stated, such protecting lining may claims. be made of a plastic having mechanical properties generally resembling those of soft vulcanized rubber, containing between about 74% and 84% of sulfur and derived from the interaction of ethylene compounds with soluble polysulfides containing about three to five times the amount of sulfide in the corresponding normal sulfide, or a plastic consisting mainly of combined sulfur and derived from the interaction of additive halogen compounds of olefines and polysulfides.

One feature in favor of the use of such material is that it vulcanizes practically at the same temperature as rubber or the rubber compositions used in making packing rings and gaskets. However, other protecting mediums may be used, providing such medium is non-porous, non-corrosive, and has sufiicient elasticity so as not to interfere with the resiliency of the backing ring. For example, certain types of asbestos, fabrics, metals and condensation products are suitable for our purposes.

Instead of lining only the groove and the flaring surfaces 15 of the ring, the entire ring 11a may be enclosed, as shown at 17a in Fig. 2, with such protecting material.

'In Fig. 3, another type of rubber, rubber composition or the like, ring 111) is shown, and this ring has a square cut groove 12b and cylindrical surfaces 15b protected by a lining 17b of the kind heretofore set forth.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the resilient ring 110 has a plain cylindrical internal surface 120 lined with a cylindrical protector 170.

Still another type of ring is shown in Fig. 5. This rubber or rubber composition ring 11d has inwardly extending diverging annular lips 14d providing an internal annular groove 1211, which groove, as well as the edges of the lips are protected by a specially shaped annulus 17d of the kind heretofore mentioned.

In the modification of the Tribe type ring shown in Fig. 6, the protecting lining 17c coats only the interior of the annular groove 12c, and at this point it may be mentioned that in some cases, it may be necessary to coat only the interior of the groove, while in other instances, the inner surfaces of the flanges or the entire resilient ring will have to be protected, due to the exposure of the same to the fluids being conveyed. In other words, we will use only so much protecting material as is necessary for each particular installation.

We prefer in all cases, to securely fasten the protecting coating to the backing of rubber or the like.

Of course, the invention is not confined to the protection of packing rings or gaskets, for it may be used in other environments. For instance, a rubber or rubber composition washer 11g shown in Figs. 7 and 8 has all of its surfaces coated by a protecting cover of thiocol or the other protecting materials heretofore mentioned.

We also contemplate the employment of sheet material composed of laminations of rubber or the like, and thiocol or its equivalent, for the purpose of lining tank cars and other receptacles.

' for the storage or transportation of corrosive fluids. For example, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, a metal tank 20 may be lined with such sheet material. In these figures, the rubber or the like is shown at 21, and the protecting coating of noncorrosive and non-porous material is shown at 22.

From the foregoing it is believed that the invention, as well as the advantages thereof may be readily understood by those skilled in the art, and we'are aware that changes may be made in the details disclosed, without departing from the spirit of the invention, as expressed in the claims.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A packing ring or the like, formed of resilient material having the elastic characteristics and tensile strength of rubber and provided with an internal annular groove coated with a noncorrosive and non-porous plastic material having relatively no tensile strength and which does not interfere with the resiliency of the ring, such coating being vulcanized to the ring.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a backing of resilient material such as rubber, having a surface thereof protected by a non-porous, non-corrosive plastic coating which is bonded thereto and which will not interfere with the resiliency of the backing, said coating having gasket rubber, and a plastic coating bonded to a surface of said ring, said coating being nonporous, non-corrosive and of substantially the same resiliency as the packing ring to prevent cracking or peeling of the coating from the ring when the latter is flexed, said coating being vulcanizable at substantially the same temperature as the packing ring, and being insoluble in alcohol, naphtha and various acids.

4. An article of manufacture comprising a packing ring of resilient material having the elastic characteristics and tensile strength of gasket rubber, and a plastic coating bonded to a surface of said ring, said coating being nonporous, non-corrosive and of substantially the same resiliency as the packing ring to prevent cracking or peeling of the coating from the ring when the latter is flexed, said coating being vulcanizable at substantially the same temperature as the packing ring and being insoluble in alcohol, naphtha and various acids, said coating being arranged on an annular internal surface'of the ring.

5. An article of manufacture comprising a packing ring of resilient material having the elastic characteristics and tensile strength of gasket rubber, and a plastic coating bonded to a surface of said ring, said coating being nonporous, non-corrosive and of substantially the same resiliency as the packing ring to prevent cracking or peeling of the coating from the ring when the latter is flexed, said coating being vulcanizable at substantially the same temperature as the packing ring and being insoluble in elcohol, naphtha and various acids, said ring having an internal annular groove, and said coating forming a lining for said groove.

WHLIAM B. DAMSEL. WIlL-LIAM C. DAMSEL. 

